Blyth's Frogmouth vs Marbled Frogmouth

Batrachostomus affinis เปรียบเทียบกับ Podargus ocellatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Blyth's Frogmouth Marbled Frogmouth
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Batrachostomus affinis Podargus ocellatus
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Podargidae Podargidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Not Evaluated Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 35.2 cm (13.9 in)
น้ำหนัก 47.8 g (1.69 oz) 205.83333333333334 g (7.26 oz)
อาหาร Night-active insectivore feeding on large beetles, moths, and crickets; drops from low branches to capture … Strictly nocturnal; takes large beetles, frogs, and lizards by silent perch-drop onto the forest floor.
จำนวนไข่ 1-2 1-2
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Blyth's Frogmouth

เสียงร้อง

Soft, repeated hooting whistle; 'wooo' calls from lowland Indochina forest; gentle pitch; calls at night from dense undergrowth; closely related to Horsfield's Frogmouth

Marbled Frogmouth

เสียงร้อง

Loud 'oom-oom-oom' or bubbling cackle; resonant hollow hooting; calls from New Guinea forest at night; alarm a harsh hiss; repertoire includes soft cooing and chuckling

Geographic Range & Migration

Blyth's Frogmouth

Found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo in lowland forest and peat swamp forest. Closely related to Horsfield's Frogmouth.

Marbled Frogmouth

Found in New Guinea and Australia (Cape York Peninsula). Resident in tropical rainforest, vine thickets, and dense monsoon forest.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Not Evaluated

Blyth's Frogmouth

Least Concern

Marbled Frogmouth

How to Tell Them Apart

Blyth's Frogmouth

ขนนก

Males brown-grey with dark vermiculations and white scapular spots; females rufous-buff with spotted coverts; Sundaland frogmouth recently split from Horsfield's; differs in marginally warmer brown tone and distribution.

Marbled Frogmouth

ขนนก

Intricately marbled chestnut-brown and black upperparts with pale buff ocellations; underparts pale buff barred dark brown; large yellow eyes; massive hooked bill; female averages more rufous-chestnut than grey-brown male.

About These Birds

Blyth's Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (23-25 cm) found in lowland forests from Myanmar through mainland Southeast Asia to Borneo. Brown plumage with pale collar. Nocturnal insectivore. Closely related to Horsfield's Frogmouth. Inhabits primary and secondary forest undergrowth.

Marbled Frogmouth

A large frogmouth (38-50 cm) found in New Guinea and surrounding islands and northeast Australia. Mottled brown, black, and white plumage resembling tree bark. Nocturnal insectivore with a wide, hooked bill. Inhabits rainforest and forest edges.

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